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| suffixes that mean pertaining to a specialty | ac, al, ic, ical, iatric, iatry
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| suffixes that indicate a specialist | er, ist, iatrician, logist
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| suffixes for the study of | start with 'log'
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| cardi/o | heart
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| crin/o | to secrete
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| dermat/o | skin
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| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| inter/o | intestines
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| ger, geront/o | elderly
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| gynec/o | woman
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| immun/o | immune
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| ne/o | new
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| nat/o | birth
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| neur/o | nerve
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| obstetr/o | midwife
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| onc/o | tumor
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| orth/o | straight
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| ped/o | child
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| ot/o | ear
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| laryng/o | larynx
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| path/o | disease
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| ped/o | child
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| psych/o | mind
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| radi/o | radiation or radius
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| rheumat/o | rheumatism, tissue damage usually in joints
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| rhin/o | nose
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| ur/o | urinary tract
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| -oma | tumor
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| endo- | inside
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| an- | no, not or without
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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| -lysis | loosening, freeing or destroying
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| -pexy | surgical fixation, fastening in a fixed position
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | suture . ie. angiorrhaphy( suture of a blood vessel)
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| -scopy | with a scope
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| -stomy | formation of an opening
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| -tomy | making an incision
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| -tome | cutting instrument
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| -tripsy | surgical crushing , Lithotripsy( crushing of lith or stones)
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| -ectomy | excision , surgical removal or cutting out
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| aden/o | gland
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| angi/o | vessel
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| append/o, appendic/o | appendix
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| bi/o | life, ie biology
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| cerebr/o , encephal/o | brain
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| chir/o | hand
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| col/o | colon
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| cutane/o , derm/a, dermat/o | skin
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| faci/o | face
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| hepat/o | liver
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| mamm/o, mast/o | breast
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| muscul/o, my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord
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| oste/o | bone
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| pulm/o , pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung
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| tonsill/o | tonsil
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| trache/o | trachea
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| vas/o | vessel, ie cardio-vas-cular
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| -algia | pain
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| -dynia | pain
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| -cele | herniation
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| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, Angiectasis, Neurectasia
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| -edma | swelling
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood
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| -ia, -iasis | a condition, Psoriasis
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lith | stone or calculus
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| -malacia | soft or softening, Osteomalacia
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| -mania | execessive,
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oid | resembling something else, Mucoid
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | condition, Neurosis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | deficiency , Calcipenia
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging, Ptosis (drooping eye lid)
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| -rrhage , -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhaging
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -spasm | twitching or cramping
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| -stasis | stopping or controlling
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| -opia | vision, Diplopia
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| -eum, -ium | membrane, peritoneum, endocardium
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| adip/o, lip/o | fat tissue
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| amyl/o | starch
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| hemat/o | blood
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| lact/o | milk
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| lith/o | stone
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| muc/o | mucus
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| pyr/o | fire
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| prote/o, protein/o | protein
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| phelb/o | vein
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| Mono- uni- | One
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| Bi- di- | Two
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| Tri- | Three
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| Quad- quadri- tetra- | Four
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| Centi- | One Hundreth
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| Milli- | One thousandth
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| Diplo- | Double
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| Hemi- Semi- | Half or partly
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| Nulli- | None
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| Pan- | All , Pandemic
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| Primi- | First
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| Super- Ultra- | Excessive
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| Ab- | Away from
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| Ad- | Towards or bring towards
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| Ante- pre- | Before or in front of , prerenal
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| Circum- peri- | Around
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| Contra- | Against or opposed
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| Dia- | Through
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| Ecto- Ex- Exo- Extra- | Outside of , without, away from
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| En- End- Endo | Inside
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| Epi- | On or above, epicardium
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| Sub- Infra- | Under or beneath
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| Inter- | In between
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| Intra- | With in
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| Ipsi- | Same side
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| Meso- mid- | Middle
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| Para- | Beside, near
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| Per- | Through or by, perspire
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| Alb/o- albin/O- leuk/o- for color | White. Albino
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| Chlor/O- for color | Green
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| Cyan/o- for color | Blue
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| Erythr/o- for color | Red
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| Melan/o- for color | Black
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| Xanth/o- for color | Yellow
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| - trophic -trophy | Dealing with nutrition or growth
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| -phagia - phagy ; phag/o | Eat or swallow
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| -phasia ; phas/o | Speech
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| Scler/o ; -sclerosis | Hard or hardening; arteriosclerosis
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| Gen/o; -genic -genesis | Beginning origin , producing or forming
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| Graph is what | The instrument
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| Gram is the | Record or recording
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| Graphy is the what | The process of recording
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| Encephal/o | Brain , because “en” means in or inside and cephal/o means head
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| Py/o | Pus
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| Pyr/o | Fever or fire
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| Aer/o | Air
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| Blast/o | Embryonic form or In the early form of development, osteoblasts
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| Cephal/o | Head
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| Cry/o | Cold , cryotherapy
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| Dips/o, -dipsia | Thirst, polydipsia
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| Hist/o | Tissue , histology histocompatibility
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| Myc/o | Fungus
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| Necr/o | Dead
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| Phon/o | Voice
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| Therm/o | Heat
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| Narc/o | Stupor, narcotics
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| Leps/o. - lepsy | Seizure
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| Crypt/o | Hidden
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| Malac/o ; -malacia | Soft or softening
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| Megal/o; - megaly | Large, enlarged or enlargement
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| Ech/o son/o | Sound
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| Fluor/o | Reflecting light
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| Tom/o | To cut
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| Define radiopaque | Substance that will not permit the passage of x-ray
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| Define radiolucent | Substance that allow passage of x-ray
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| Algesi/o | Sensitivity to pain, analgesia
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| Plast/o | Repair
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| Radiopaque vs radiolucent | Radiopaque blocks x-rays and is lighter in color and radiolucent let’s x-rays pass through and is darker in color
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| -plasia | Formation of tissue or just development of
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| Hyperplasia | Increase of number of cells
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| Hypertrophy | Increase in tissue size
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| Plane that creates left and right sides | Sagittal plane
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| Plane that creates front and back | Frontal plane or Coronal plane
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| Plane that creates top and bottom | Transverse plan
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| Recumbent | Lying down , lateral recumbent is lying on the side
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| Acr/o | Extremities, Acrocyanosis is a condition when extremities turn blue
Acral means pertaining to the extremities
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| Dactyl/o | The digits toes and or fingers
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| Lapar/o | Abdominal wall , laparoscopic
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| Onych/o | The nails
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| Som/o, Somat/o | Body
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| Omphal/o | Umbilicus, used interchangeably with umbilic/o
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| Dacry/o or lacrim/o | Tear
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| Hidr/o | Sweat or perspiration
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| -Poiesis | Production
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| Sial/o | Saliva
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| Cyst/o | Bladder, sac or cyst
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| -Osis | Increased or abnormal ; carcinomatosis a cancerous tumor that is of increasing numbers or numbers are spreading
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| Rachi/o | Spine also spin/o Rachiodynia means pain in spine
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| Spondyl/o | Vertebrae also vertebr/o Spondylitis means inflammation of the vertebrae
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| Meta- | Change or next in a series; metacarpal
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| -asthenia | Weakness ; myasthenia gravis- muscle weakness
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| Paresis definition | Motor weakness
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| Plegia definition | Paralysis ; paraplegia lower extremities
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| -porosis | Thinning of the bone , osteoporosis
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| Arthr/o | Articulation or joint ; spondylarthritis- spondyl/o+arthr/o +itis ; vertebrae +joint+inflamation
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| Ankyl/o | Stiffening; ankylosis is stiffening of the joints
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| Cheil/o | Lips
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| Dent/I : Dent/o: odont/o | Teeth
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| Gingiv/o | Gums
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| Gloss/o: lingu/o | Tongue
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| Stomat/o: or/o | Mouth
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| Intestin/o; Enter/o | Intestines
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| ILe/o | ILeum
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| Cec/o | Cecum
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| Proct/o | Anus or rectum
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| Chol/e : bil/i | Bile
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| Cirrh/o | Orange yellow
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| -orexia | Appetite
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| -pepsia | Digestion
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| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder : chol/e- bile and cyst/o- sac or bladder
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| Choledoch/o | Common bile duct
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| Pancreat/o | Pancreas
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| Olig/o | Few or scanty: oliguria
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| Pyel/o | Renal pelvis: pyelitis means inflammation of the renal pelvis
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| Hyster/o | Uterus
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| Salping/o | Uterine tube
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| Oophor/o | Ovary; also ovar/o
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| Metr/o | Uterine tissue
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| Colp/o | Vagina
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| Par/o | To bear offs
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| -para | Giving live birth, multiple neonates from one birth is considered 1 para or unipara not multiple
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| Xer/o | Dry
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| Pil/o ; Trich/o | Hair
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| Pseud/o | False
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| -lexia | Words or phrases
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| Myx/o | Mucus
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| Lei/o | Smooth, as in smooth muscle tissue: leiomyoma would be a tumor to the smooth muscle
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| -chezia : -chezia | To deficate or waste elimination; hematochezia = blood in stool
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| Rhabdo/. As in Rhabdomyolysis— | Rhabdo/ is rod shaped or striated, like in muscle tissues; myo is muscle— condition where muscle tissue breaks down and releases proteins into the blood
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| Ptysis | Spitting or spitting up
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| Ather/o | Yellow fatty plaque; not to be confused with Arteri/o which is vessel
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| -Oles : as in bronchioles | Little or small
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| Embol/o | Embolus; Emboli
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| Coni/o | Dust, usually R/T the lungs: pneumoconiosis
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| Term form less than 100 ml urine produced | Anuria
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| Term for less than 500 ml urine produced | Oliguria
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| Radicul/o | Nerve root: Radiculopathy; usually coming off the spine
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